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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50457-1_7
Chapter 7
3D Printing-Processed Polymers for Dental
Applications
Corina M. Cristache and Eugenia E. Totu
Abstract The use of polymeric materials in biomedical fields, especially in dentistry, has increased due to their improved biological and mechanical properties,
ease in processing, low production cost and wide applicability. The additive processing technology, allows to obtain complex shapes with a high accuracy by manufacturing the final 3D object, based on a computer-aided design (CAD) file and
layer-by-layer (L-b-L) deposition, with the use of liquid- or solid-based polymers,
become of great interest in prosthetic dentistry and bone replacement. The aim of
this chapter was to present an overview of the best polymeric three- dimensional
(3D) printed materials used in oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, as well as to foresee future trends for the development of new composite materials and technologies for mimicking clinical environment.
Keywords Additive manufacturing · Bioprinting · Poly(ether-ether-ketone) ·
Poly(methyl methacrylate) · Rapid prototyping
7.1 Introduction
Since their first use, in the mid-1900s, synthetic polymer-based dental materials
have played an important role due to their biological, mechanical and physical properties in different aspects of dentistry, such as preventive, restorative and regenerative therapies (Rokaya et al. 2018).
Acrylic polymers based on functional methacrylates constitute the main class of
polymers used in dentistry (Deb 1998). Despite their great applicability, various
problems are associated with these materials, such as polymerization shrinkage,
C. M. Cristache
Department of Dental Techniques, Faculty of Midwifery and Medical Assisting (FMAM),
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
E. E. Totu (*)
Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Bucharest, Romania
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
T. J. Gutiérrez (ed.), Reactive and Functional Polymers Volume Three,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50457-1_7
Chapter 7
3D Printing-Processed Polymers for Dental
Applications
Corina M. Cristache and Eugenia E. Totu
Abstract The use of polymeric materials in biomedical fields, especially in dentistry, has increased due to their improved biological and mechanical properties,
ease in processing, low production cost and wide applicability. The additive processing technology, allows to obtain complex shapes with a high accuracy by manufacturing the final 3D object, based on a computer-aided design (CAD) file and
layer-by-layer (L-b-L) deposition, with the use of liquid- or solid-based polymers,
become of great interest in prosthetic dentistry and bone replacement. The aim of
this chapter was to present an overview of the best polymeric three- dimensional
(3D) printed materials used in oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, as well as to foresee future trends for the development of new composite materials and technologies for mimicking clinical environment.
Keywords Additive manufacturing · Bioprinting · Poly(ether-ether-ketone) ·
Poly(methyl methacrylate) · Rapid prototyping
7.1 Introduction
Since their first use, in the mid-1900s, synthetic polymer-based dental materials
have played an important role due to their biological, mechanical and physical properties in different aspects of dentistry, such as preventive, restorative and regenerative therapies (Rokaya et al. 2018).
Acrylic polymers based on functional methacrylates constitute the main class of
polymers used in dentistry (Deb 1998). Despite their great applicability, various
problems are associated with these materials, such as polymerization shrinkage,
C. M. Cristache
Department of Dental Techniques, Faculty of Midwifery and Medical Assisting (FMAM),
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
E. E. Totu (*)
Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Bucharest, Romania